How to Lock Your MacBook to Bolster Privacy

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The computers, laptops, mobile phones contain all our personal information and in case you still do not have a lock on your MacBook, then all the data which is stored on your Mac is not safe. While setting up your MacBook, the first thing you should go through is to put a password on your device. If you want to know how to lock your MacBook, then you need to follow the steps given below.

How to Stop Auto Login for Users?

After starting the users’ system, this process will automatically get the sign in to the Mac account and it will open a front page on your system. This Auto login option is not safe to the system because it permits everyone to use your system. Go through the steps listed below to know how to stop auto login for users:

• Press on the “Apple” symbol, provided in the top left-hand side of the system display.
• Choose the “System Preferences” button.
• Choose “Users and Groups” option.
• After that, click the “Login Options” given in the icons list.
• Tap the “Lock” symbol located in the left-hand side of the display which indicates the option “Click the lock to make changes”.
• Then, type the login password.
• Press the “Unlock” button.
• Find the “Automatic login” pull-down menu and make sure that this option should be in disable mode.
• Now, the users have turned off the “Automatic login” option on their Mac.

 How to Lock a MacBook Using Apple Icon?

In case the users finding that option which will automatically lock their MacBook, then they will get many different ways to do so. Here are the steps to lock their MacBook by using the Apple icon and choose that option which is convenient for them.

• Press on the “Apple” symbol, provided in the top left-hand side of the Mac display.
• Choose the “Lock Screen” button.

How to Lock a MacBook Using Keyboard Shortcut?

In case they do not want to find via “system menus,” then they can lock their MacBook by using keyboard shortcuts keys. They have to type the given key shortcut when they wish to lock their MacBook quickly:

• Ctrl + Cmd + Q

How to Lock MacBook Using Hot Corner?

With the help of the Hot corners, the users can do a particular action as Hot corners permit them to do so. The example of this type of action is locking of the Mac, once the system mouse goes to different corners of the Mac. In case users want to turn on this function, then they can go through the steps listed below:

• Tap on the “Apple” symbol, given in the top left-hand side of the Mac display.
• Choose the “System Preferences” button.
• Choose the “Desktop and Screensaver” option located in the icons list and after that make sure they are below the “Screen Saver” option.
• Press the “Hot Corners” option provided in the end right-hand side of the screen.
• Choose the “drop-down next to the adjacent corner” option where they wish to access the MacBook after that they have to choose the “Lock Screen” button.
• Tap “Ok” button for finishing the process and after that, click on the “Close” option for shutting down the tab.

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